“The first model of a new era”: C’así is like the president of the Executive Board of BMW, Oliver Zipse, presented the new SUV IX3 presented this Friday, September 5, upstream of the Munich show.
A model that is in fact based on a new “Neue Klasse” platform, in which the German group has invested more than 10 billion d’euros. It must offer new borders in terms of ‘Autonomy, recharge and performance for 100% electric cars of the Bavara brand.
A new generation of BMW electric cars
Beyond, presenting new design codes, this IX3 in fact gives the coup d’etat’envío d’Es a series of launches: “Neue Klasse Technologies will equip 40 new models and developments in models by 2027,” said BMW’s press release.
This IX3 in particular opens a high voltage battery technology with an 800 V architecture that promises record load times.
The launch version presented, the IX3 50 xDrive, has a battery of an impressive capacity of 108.7 kWh, with an autonomy announced at 805 km according to the WLTP standard. Nothing to do with the first IX3, launched in 2020, which was in el’Hora the first 100% electric SUV launched by BMW.
On the recharge side, this new IX3 can collect up to 400 kW, enough to recover more than 350 km in 10 minutes. The load time from 10% to 80% is announced in 21 minutes in a continuous current terminal. When alternating the current, the loading power can reach 11 kW, with the possibility of climbing 22 kW optional.
This first 50 XDrive version will have two engines with a power of 469 horsepower for a couple of 645 nm. What do a 0 to 100 km/h demand in less than 5 seconds and a maximum speed at 210 km/h?
Redesigned electronic architecture
L’Endo, which had been revealed to the last ces of Las Vegas at the beginning of the year, also presents a new environment on board, with a large touch pad in the center and a large strip of’palla in the lower part of the windshield.
Behind the scene, this new IX3 has four computers, “High performance control units” that manage both the “driving dynamics, automated driving, information driving and basic and comfort functions.” “Hardware” ready to evolve and integrate new services and functions through software updates.
Orders are open for this IX3, which will occur in the new debor factory in Hungary, with an initial price announced to 71,950 euros in France. The first deliveries are scheduled for March 2026.
And soon a new i3
At the end of the BMW conference, a still camouflaged version of the second model “Neue Klasse” appeared on stage, the future i3.
Nothing to do with the car of the city marketed between 2013 and 2022 by BMW from’Ellos’Actu d’a a 100% electric version of the sedan of series 3.
An iconic BMW model that, therefore, will also go through the “Neue Klasse” box to reinvent itself.
Source: BFM TV
